Story ideas can pop up out of nowhere, but how we decide to tell that story is a whole other process. Nightcrawler is one of the films that you know is an instant classic. There is a restlessness to this neo-noir film as it digs into the ideas of our human nature and moral code. This unique feeling that the film evokes is greatly due to the success of Dan Gilroy’s script. For most of us writers, ideas for screenplays don’t come to us in a great flash of light or a dream. Instead, they start as small ideas, moments that make us stop and wonder what that sliver of the world looks like. This was true in Gilroy’s case. The script slowly revealed itself in pieces to Gilroy which would allow him time to heavily research the world of a true nightcrawler and develop a story that questions society rather than the acts of a sociopath. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 10 September, 2021